Intel Coffee Lake CPUs are expected to launch in early October - Leaked Prices?
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for gamers the 8700k is sure a nice CPU.
but as content creator a ryzen 1700 is imho still the better choice.
it cost less than 300 euro and you can get a nice board for 110 euro.
beside that using an M.2 disables 2 sata ports i really like my asus strix B350.
makes for a great second system beside my TR.
but as content creator a ryzen 1700 is imho still the better choice.
it cost less than 300 euro and you can get a nice board for 110 euro.
beside that using an M.2 disables 2 sata ports i really like my asus strix B350.
makes for a great second system beside my TR.
Excalabur50
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Still too expensive abut $650 Au for the 8700 not worth it
TheF34RChannel
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Definitely inflated and I expect actual retail prices to be very on par with the current generation.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
"That being said these new CPUs will offer more raw CPU cores than their older-generation counterparts, so a price increase is expected."
How does offering more performance (in this case from more cores) mean a price increase is expected? That is such a backward way of thinking. Considering how long six cores CPUs have been commonplace and how long four cores have been the norm, more cores shouldn't immediately mean a higher price, not by almost €100. If these prices are true, I am suddenly completely turned off by Coffee Lake.
How does offering more performance (in this case from more cores) mean a price increase is expected? That is such a backward way of thinking. Considering how long six cores CPUs have been commonplace and how long four cores have been the norm, more cores shouldn't immediately mean a higher price, not by almost €100. If these prices are true, I am suddenly completely turned off by Coffee Lake.
AlienALX
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lmao. Over 400 euro for a 6c 12t. That means it literally needs to be twice as fast and be able to do double the workload over the Ryzen 1600. And I would bet that you won't be getting no Strix board for just over £100 either.
lol. They really are barking. Just completely and totally barking. Are they even aware of what is going on around them? they've had the rug ripped out from under their feet !
lol. They really are barking. Just completely and totally barking. Are they even aware of what is going on around them? they've had the rug ripped out from under their feet !
AngryGoldfish
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I imagine the 8700K will be able to compete with the R7 1700 in multitasking, but even the 1700 will still be €100 cheaper than the 8700K, with more room to grow and as you said cheaper motherboards.
AlienALX
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Yup. Let's see how much the cheapest, decent OC board costs for CL. I bet it's much more than £117.
If that price is right at £380... that's too much. I'm not saying the performance isn't there. But I'm not paying that much.
A £20-£30 increase would be a little easier to accept.
Even dropping down to the i5, Probably much better value just going for 7700k over 8600k. 8 threads compared to 6 for similar money.
A £20-£30 increase would be a little easier to accept.
Even dropping down to the i5, Probably much better value just going for 7700k over 8600k. 8 threads compared to 6 for similar money.
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Excalabur50
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Here in Straya the 1700x is 150 cheaper than what the 8700 is going to be, so you can get an 8 core and board for the same price. Although to be fair it will be the same price as the 1800x but I wouldn't be surprised if the boards were dearer, still it's a six core vs an eight.
AlienALX
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Those prices don't make sense. the 7800x is 350€
At 419€ i'm probably not getting oneNot because it's not awesome, just because
That is probably because for mainstream products you always get knobbed because there is no comparison according to companies like Intel. What I mean is they are obviously blissfully unaware that I recently bought a 14c 28t CPU for less than they are going to ask for a 6c 12t.
Which is why I have been running server hardware and CPUs since the late 90s. Because you always get far more and it's always much cheaper.
WYP
News Guru
Those prices don't make sense. the 7800x is 350€
At 419€ i'm probably not getting one
Well is the leaked specifications are to be believed this CPU offers much higher single-threaded performance out of the box and faster inter-core communications because of the ring bus.
Actually, I think the multi threaded CPU boost clock speed is also higher (4.3 vs 4.0), so it is better in that regard as well.
TBH it is hard to say how much truth is in some of these early prices, though it is likely that things will become clearer soon.
Korreborg
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The latest i have seen is 389€, that's just below 3000DKK, that's my psychological barrier for a CPU
2500DKK~335€~300£ would be a lot better 
I see 500-600£ to be in range of a lot of "normal" gamers for CPU, MB and RAM.
But then again, +/- 50£ isn't that big of a deal, it's more in my head
